Coco: alternatives and connections

A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

A hand open and extended so as to show the palm.

The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, m…

The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.

The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.

The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.

The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a…

Alt. of Cocoa palm

To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off.

The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.

To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.

Any plant of the natural order Cycadaceae, as the sago palm, etc.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example.